During a busy shift you note that the chart of your newly ad

During a busy shift, you note that the chart of your newly admitted patient has few orders for medications and diagnostic tests, taken by telephone by another nurse. You were on the way to patient’s room to do your assessment when the unit secretary tells you that one of the order reads as follows: “Lasix, 20 mg, stat.” What should you do first? How do you go about this drug? Explain. And indicate with references

Solution

Whe order is given as \'stat means to start medication immediately. The patient is newly joined so, necessary assessment of vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse, temperature and respirations must be carried out. Also, the patient must be checked for urine output, peripheral edema and heart, breath sounds must be recorded. Before administration of drug it is important to assess the patient for drug allergies. The route of administration of drug “Lasix, 20 mg\" is not mentioned and the medication was received over telephone by another nurse. So, it is important to enquire the route of administration of the drug with the other nurse is necessary. If the other nurse was also not informed about route, immediate enquiry with prescribed must be done to start the immediate medication to newly joined patient.